Steering Committee

Libraries

Davenport University 

• Judith Bosshart

Kalamazoo College 

• Stacy Nowicki

Kalamazoo Public Library 

• Marti Fritz 
• Kevin King 
• Diane Randall 
• Beth Timmerman 
• Lisa Williams 

Kalamazoo Valley Community College 

• Jim Ratliff

Portage District Library 

• Marsha Meyer

Western Michigan University 

• Miranda Howard

Community Groups

First Baptist Church 

• Pastor Mary Beth Sarhatt

First United Methodist Church 

• Lois Schmidt

Kalamazoo Community Foundation 

• Shannon Bronsink

Black Heritage Society of SW Mich

• Donna Odom

Western Michigan University College of Health and Human Services

• Dr. Richard Long

Community Members

• Martha Aills
• Sherry Ransford Ramsdell

Retail

Barnes & Noble Booksellers 

• Kirsten Frederickson